Editing Damn Small Linux (section)

== History ==
DSL was originally conceived and maintained by John Andrews. For five years the community included Robert Shingledecker who created the MyDSL system, DSL Control Panel and other features. After issues with the main developers, Shingledecker was, by his account, exiled from the project.<ref name="distrowatch-interview">{{cite interview | last = Shingledecker | first = Robert | interviewer =  | title = Interview with Robert Shingledecker, creator of Tiny Core Linux | type =  | work = [[DistroWatch|DistroWatch Weekly]] | date = 2009-03-23 | issue = 295 | url = https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090323&mode=68#feature | format =  | url-status = live | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220216205833/https://distrowatch.com/weekly.php?issue=20090323&mode=68 | archive-date = 2022-02-16 | access-date = 2022-06-09 | df = dmy-all }}</ref> He currently continues his work on [[Tiny Core Linux]] which he created in April 2008.

DSL was originally based on Model-K, a 22&nbsp;MB stripped-down version of [[Knoppix]], but soon after was based on Knoppix proper, allowing much easier [[Software remastering|remastering]] and improvements. The distribution is now based on [[Debian]] and [[antiX]].<ref>{{cite web |author1=Jesse Smith |title=Damn Small Linux |url=https://distrowatch.com/table.php?distribution=damnsmall |website=distrowatch.com |publisher=Atea Ataroa Limited |access-date=9 February 2024 |location=Copenhagen |language=en-US |date=2 February 2024}}</ref>